(OT) Problem replying to messages

I know that at least one other person has had problems replying to messages lately. You type up your response, hit Reply, and Yahoo says, "Cannot retrieve message so and so," the message you're replying to. For what it's worth, I went to their help site and described the problem. Let's hope they deal with it during the scheduled upgrade on November 18 if not before.

Carol

We should just move to a bulletin-board forum. Much more civilised, this is cretinous software both in its user interaction and friendliness (lack thereof).

Yahoo is lame.

--- In , "justcarol67" <justcarol67@...> wrote:
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> I know that at least one other person has had problems replying to messages lately. You type up your response, hit Reply, and Yahoo says, "Cannot retrieve message so and so," the message you're replying to. For what it's worth, I went to their help site and described the problem. Let's hope they deal with it during the scheduled upgrade on November 18 if not before.
>
> Carol
>

--- In , "blancsanglier1452" <blancsanglier1452@...> wrote:
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> We should just move to a bulletin-board forum. Much more civilised, this is cretinous software both in its user interaction and friendliness (lack thereof).
>
> Yahoo is lame.

Carol responds:

Definition of "Yahoo" (from Merriam-Webster Online):

"1 capitalized : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans

"2 <snip> a boorish, crass, or stupid person"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yahoo

Don't know what the originators of Yahoo were thinking by giving themselves such a name, but they were certainly prescient!

BTW, we tried Google groups for awhile, but it was even worse.

Carol

I download messages to my e-mail client and have no problem replying. I
have arranged the filters so that each list I'm on downloads to its own
folder, so that I can read e-mails at my convenience.

I have a life as well, and can't cope with bulletin boards.

So if this list goes to a bulletin board, I for one won't go with it.

Best wishes
Christine

On 08/11/2012 16:37, blancsanglier1452 wrote:
> We should just move to a bulletin-board forum. Much more civilised, this is cretinous software both in its user interaction and friendliness (lack thereof).
>
> Yahoo is lame.
>
> --- In , "justcarol67" <justcarol67@...> wrote:
>> I know that at least one other person has had problems replying to messages lately. You type up your response, hit Reply, and Yahoo says, "Cannot retrieve message so and so," the message you're replying to. For what it's worth, I went to their help site and described the problem. Let's hope they deal with it during the scheduled upgrade on November 18 if not before.
>>
>> Carol
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Best wishes
Christine

Christine Headley
Butterrow, Stroud, Glos

What is a bulletin board...? I know what I want to do on my laptop and Im fairly au fait with it..but I dont always understand the jargon...Another point...I have a Macbook which is slightly different from a PC..:0/

--- In , Christine Headley <christinelheadley@...> wrote:
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>
> I download messages to my e-mail client and have no problem replying. I
> have arranged the filters so that each list I'm on downloads to its own
> folder, so that I can read e-mails at my convenience.
>
> I have a life as well, and can't cope with bulletin boards.
>
> So if this list goes to a bulletin board, I for one won't go with it.
>
> Best wishes
> Christine
>
> On 08/11/2012 16:37, blancsanglier1452 wrote:
> > We should just move to a bulletin-board forum. Much more civilised, this is cretinous software both in its user interaction and friendliness (lack thereof).
> >
> > Yahoo is lame.
> >
> > --- In , "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> >> I know that at least one other person has had problems replying to messages lately. You type up your response, hit Reply, and Yahoo says, "Cannot retrieve message so and so," the message you're replying to. For what it's worth, I went to their help site and described the problem. Let's hope they deal with it during the scheduled upgrade on November 18 if not before.
> >>
> >> Carol
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> --
> Best wishes
> Christine
>
> Christine Headley
> Butterrow, Stroud, Glos
>

Here is a free, full-featured bulletin board provider that I've used for years for something entirely unrelated to R3:

http://www.invisionfree.com/

Might be worth a look if disgruntlement with Yahoo turns to a determination to change.

[GRATUITOUS DISCLAIMER: I'm not associated with invisionfree; just a happy user of their board services.]

~Wednesday


--- In , "justcarol67" <justcarol67@...> wrote:
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> --- In , "blancsanglier1452" <blancsanglier1452@> wrote:
> >
> > We should just move to a bulletin-board forum. Much more civilised, this is cretinous software both in its user interaction and friendliness (lack thereof).
> >
> > Yahoo is lame.
>
> Carol responds:
>
> Definition of "Yahoo" (from Merriam-Webster Online):
>
> "1 capitalized : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans
>
> "2 <snip> a boorish, crass, or stupid person"
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yahoo
>
> Don't know what the originators of Yahoo were thinking by giving themselves such a name, but they were certainly prescient!
>
> BTW, we tried Google groups for awhile, but it was even worse.
>
> Carol
>

Thank you for that Wednesday....I had a little poke dib around...It takes some getting used to.....Eileen

--- In , "wednesday_mc" <wednesday.mac@...> wrote:
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> Here is a free, full-featured bulletin board provider that I've used for years for something entirely unrelated to R3:
>
> http://www.invisionfree.com/
>
> Might be worth a look if disgruntlement with Yahoo turns to a determination to change.
>
> [GRATUITOUS DISCLAIMER: I'm not associated with invisionfree; just a happy user of their board services.]
>
> ~Wednesday
>
>
> --- In , "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In , "blancsanglier1452" <blancsanglier1452@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We should just move to a bulletin-board forum. Much more civilised, this is cretinous software both in its user interaction and friendliness (lack thereof).
> > >
> > > Yahoo is lame.
> >
> > Carol responds:
> >
> > Definition of "Yahoo" (from Merriam-Webster Online):
> >
> > "1 capitalized : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans
> >
> > "2 <snip> a boorish, crass, or stupid person"
> >
> > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yahoo
> >
> > Don't know what the originators of Yahoo were thinking by giving themselves such a name, but they were certainly prescient!
> >
> > BTW, we tried Google groups for awhile, but it was even worse.
> >
> > Carol
> >
>

Christine Headley wrote:
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> I download messages to my e-mail client and have no problem replying. I have arranged the filters so that each list I'm on downloads to its own folder, so that I can read e-mails at my convenience.
>
> I have a life as well, and can't cope with bulletin boards. So if this list goes to a bulletin board, I for one won't go with it.

Carol responds:

Funny--I can't cope with Yahoo Groups messages coming to my Inbox, even as digests! I like to read them on the site (at my convenience), which is very easy since I have the site bookmarked (at the top of a folder labeled "Richard III").

Oh, well. We both like the group as it is, if only Yahoo would fix the occasional glitches. I've noticed people who post from their e-mail having occasional problems, too.

I'm not sure how well a bulletin-board format would work, but if it threaded better and allowed us to quote the person we're responding to without a long tail of old posts, it might be an improvement. On the other hand, it might not work well for the long posts that some of us like to write.

Carol

Carol

I think any type of set up we go with will have problems; that's
certainly been the case with other sites I'm onpeople leaving Groups
for Live Journal because it was the new "in" thing, now people leaving
Live Journal for Dreamwidth because LJ is becoming too much like
tumblr, people leaving tumblr for something else. So in this, I'm with
Christine. I'm just not going to keep chasing my interests all over
the internet.

Gilda



On Nov 8, 2012, at 3:52 PM, justcarol67 wrote:

> Christine Headley wrote:
>>
>>
>> I download messages to my e-mail client and have no problem
>> replying. I have arranged the filters so that each list I'm on
>> downloads to its own folder, so that I can read e-mails at my
>> convenience.
>>
>> I have a life as well, and can't cope with bulletin boards. So if
>> this list goes to a bulletin board, I for one won't go with it.
>
> Carol responds:
>
> Funny--I can't cope with Yahoo Groups messages coming to my Inbox,
> even as digests! I like to read them on the site (at my
> convenience), which is very easy since I have the site bookmarked
> (at the top of a folder labeled "Richard III").
>
> Oh, well. We both like the group as it is, if only Yahoo would fix
> the occasional glitches. I've noticed people who post from their e-
> mail having occasional problems, too.
>
> I'm not sure how well a bulletin-board format would work, but if it
> threaded better and allowed us to quote the person we're responding
> to without a long tail of old posts, it might be an improvement. On
> the other hand, it might not work well for the long posts that some
> of us like to write.
>
> Carol
>

--- In , Christine Headley <christinelheadley@...> wrote:
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>
> I download messages to my e-mail client and have no problem replying. I
> have arranged the filters so that each list I'm on downloads to its own
> folder, so that I can read e-mails at my convenience.
>
> I have a life as well, and can't cope with bulletin boards.
>
> So if this list goes to a bulletin board, I for one won't go with it.
>


I feel the same way.

Katy

I also agree all Forums are very similar unless you work from behind your own network and website.
I have used live meeting and Skype both have there limitations as well as faults
In my opinion it's probably best to stay with the devil you know etc.
George

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 8, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Gilda Felt <gildaevf@...> wrote:

> I think any type of set up we go with will have problems; that's
> certainly been the case with other sites I'm onpeople leaving Groups
> for Live Journal because it was the new "in" thing, now people leaving
> Live Journal for Dreamwidth because LJ is becoming too much like
> tumblr, people leaving tumblr for something else. So in this, I'm with
> Christine. I'm just not going to keep chasing my interests all over
> the internet.
>
> Gilda
>
>
>
> On Nov 8, 2012, at 3:52 PM, justcarol67 wrote:
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>> Christine Headley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I download messages to my e-mail client and have no problem
>>> replying. I have arranged the filters so that each list I'm on
>>> downloads to its own folder, so that I can read e-mails at my
>>> convenience.
>>>
>>> I have a life as well, and can't cope with bulletin boards. So if
>>> this list goes to a bulletin board, I for one won't go with it.
>>
>> Carol responds:
>>
>> Funny--I can't cope with Yahoo Groups messages coming to my Inbox,
>> even as digests! I like to read them on the site (at my
>> convenience), which is very easy since I have the site bookmarked
>> (at the top of a folder labeled "Richard III").
>>
>> Oh, well. We both like the group as it is, if only Yahoo would fix
>> the occasional glitches. I've noticed people who post from their e-
>> mail having occasional problems, too.
>>
>> I'm not sure how well a bulletin-board format would work, but if it
>> threaded better and allowed us to quote the person we're responding
>> to without a long tail of old posts, it might be an improvement. On
>> the other hand, it might not work well for the long posts that some
>> of us like to write.
>>
>> Carol
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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